Definition of Pensionaries. Meaning of Pensionaries. Synonyms of Pensionaries

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Definition of Pensionaries

Pensionaries
Pensionary Pen"sion*a*ry, n.; pl. Pensionaries. [Cf. F. pensionnaire. Cf. Pensioner.] 1. One who receives a pension; a pensioner. --E. Hall. 2. One of the chief magistrates of towns in Holland. Grand pensionary, the title of the prime minister, or or president of the Council, of Holland when a republic.

Meaning of Pensionaries from wikipedia

- advocate. The earliest pensionaries in the county of Holland were those of Dordrecht (1468) and of Haarlem (1478). The pensionary conducted the town's legal...
- nature were sent to the grand pensionary personally. Large parts of the correspondence of the various grand pensionaries have been preserved, forming an...
- list of grand pensionaries of Holland, Zeeland and the Batavian Republic. During the time of the Dutch Republic, the grand pensionary was the most prominent...
- commonly referred to as the Dutch Golden Age. De Witt was elected Grand Pensionary of Holland, and together with his uncle Cornelis de Graeff, he controlled...
- confirmed her support for the Treaty of the Hague. The Dutch now led by Grand Pensionary Anthonie Heinsius did the same, despite French hopes that without a Stadtholder...
- War of the Polish Succession and War of the Austrian Succession. Grand Pensionary Laurens van de Spiegel, in 1782, blamed the earlier generations for placing...
- the Republic when the short-lived experiment with the regime of "Grand Pensionary" Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck proved unsatisfactory to Napoleon. The subsequent...
- House of Orange. The latter group were the Republicans, led by the Grand Pensionary (a sort of prime minister) and the regents stood for localism, muni****l...
- general policy of opposing Habsburg power. Johan de Witt, Dutch Grand Pensionary from 1653 to 1672, viewed this as crucial for Dutch security and a counterweight...
- the original on 11 May 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2021. "UT Govt denies pensionary benefits to retired employees of JIM&WS". Daily Excelsior. 5 July 2021...